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From: Paul Whitford (pwhitfor_at_physics.ucsd.edu)
Date: Thu Nov 18 2004 - 17:35:29 CST

glxinfo gets this,

name of display: :0.0
Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: No
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.3
server glx extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
    GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
    GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_NV_float_buffer
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.2
client glx extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context
GLX extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: Quadro NVS 280 PCI-E/PCI/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 1.5.1 NVIDIA 61.05
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multitexture,
    GL_EXT_blend_color
glu version: 1.3
glu extensions:
    GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess

   visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
 id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x21 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x22 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x23 16 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x24 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x25 16 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x26 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x27 16 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x28 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
0x29 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
0x2a 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
0x2b 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
0x2c 16 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x2d 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x2e 16 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x2f 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x30 16 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x31 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
0x32 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
0x33 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
0x34 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon

-Paul

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, John Stone wrote:

>
> Paul,
> There's the culprit. If you're running the 64-bit distribution of
> Linux on your machine you need to make sure that you have the 32-bit
> and 64-bit OpenGL libraries installed. Your machine is missing libGLU
> for some reason. Since you're running VMD 1.8.2, it's the 32-bit
> version of that library that is missing.
>
> What happens if you do this?:
> glxinfo
>
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 03:12:28PM -0800, Paul Whitford wrote:
> >
> > /usr/local/lib/vmd/vmd_LINUX: error while loading shared libraries:
> > libGLU.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> >
> > I'm running Red Hat Enterprise WS.
> >
> > -Paul
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, John Stone wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Paul,
> > > If you've tried the suggestions I gave Cheri, the next thing to do is
> > > to email me the output of the command:
> > > vmd -dispdev text
> > >
> > > I'm guessing that there may be something wrong with the OpenGL libraries
> > > on your machine, but we'll know more precisely once you do that quick test
> > > and tell me what you get. What version of Linux are you running?
> > >
> > > John Stone
> > > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 05:01:11PM -0800, Paul Whitford wrote:
> > > > I am having the same problems as described by
> > > > Cheri M Turman (Cheri.M.Turman_at_uth.tmc.edu)
> > > > on Tue Oct 26 2004 - 15:12:07 CDT
> > > >
> > > > I have tried everything posted, and vmd still won't work. There is just a
> > > > flash on the screen and then it is gone.
> > > >
> > > > The difference between my situation at Cheri is that I am using the Intel
> > > > em64t processor, not AMD. Does anyone have advice on what to do? Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Paul Whitford
> > > > Grad Student
> > > > UCSD
> > >
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> > > Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> > > University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> > > Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-3349
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> > >
> > >
>
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> Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
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